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Skylar as a young child smiling inside a TV frame. Caption reads, “Look at me, Mom—I’m on TV. Skylar, our own Little Miss Sunshine.” Main image for blog post about parenting grown-up kids and letting go. Our Little Miss Sunshine All Grown Up: Passing the Torch at 21
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Our Little Miss Sunshine All Grown Up: Passing the Torch at 21

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When Real Life Outshines Little Miss Sunshine We’ve just unpacked the car from our August road trip—bags, laundry, trash, and the stuff Skylar didn’t want at school that came back home. Skylar is in Nashville, celebrating her 21st birthday, and we’re here. How did we get from playdates and birthday parties with family to birthdays… Continue reading Our Little Miss Sunshine All Grown Up: Passing the Torch at 21

Split image showing woman in gold dress transformation from fearful to joyful finding courage center stage From Fear to Center Stage: My Mamma Mia Golden Brick Road
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From Fear to Center Stage: My Mamma Mia Golden Brick Road

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Part 2 of the Stranger Than Fiction Series Ever feel like your life is stranger than fiction? Or that a show (hint: Mamma Mia!) somehow believes in you more than you do? That moment when you step into the wings and realize it’s your time to fly—when you’re finding courage center stage—and that moment changes… Continue reading From Fear to Center Stage: My Mamma Mia Golden Brick Road

Couple posing on a golden illuminated staircase. Woman wears gold sequined jacket, man in blue suit with gold tigers Mamma Mia, Family Tradition, and The Golden Brick That Broke Me
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Mamma Mia, Family Tradition, and The Golden Brick That Broke Me

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Part 1 of the Stranger Than Fiction Series Ever feel like you’ve poured so much of yourself into your kids that you forgot you had dreams of your own? That was me—until one family tradition handed me the golden brick on a road I didn’t even know I was building. For years, our tradition was… Continue reading Mamma Mia, Family Tradition, and The Golden Brick That Broke Me